Saturday, June 18, 2011
Module 7 Blog Prompt
Today, a growing number of persons with disabilities are fulfilling their desire for marriage and life-long partnership with a significant other. However, though many strong advocates of people with SPD support the idea that persons with SPD should have independence and be integrated in their communities, many such advocates do not envision those adult outcomes as including persons with SPD expressing their sexuality (---a perfectly normative QOL outcome of adulthood). . Comment on the ways in which this is evidenced in the video. How might a teacher brooch the subject of sexuality as a critical aspect of transition planning?
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Module 6 Blog Prompt
Before responding to the prompt below , view the three short video clips (less than 15 minutes combined viewing time) that follow. Then proceed per instructions provided in the prompt below.
Watch Video 1. Then identify 2-3 key issues in transition of young children from Part C (EI) to Part B(ECSE). Next, watch the following two clips, Video 2: The teacher’s viewpoint and Video 3: The family’s viewpoint. Then in your own words, describe the dilemma, i.e., the particular challenge the teacher faces in her classroom as depicted in the video clips. Finally, applying the knowledge that you have gleaned from the entire module, describe how you would go about resolving the dilemma if this child were in your class. Your response should encompass all three components of this prompt. The length of your response should not be less than 100 words.
Video 1:
Today, most families of young children use and move between different types of early childhood services -- like Head Start, private child care, public preschool, or kindergarten. Moving between and among these various programs is referred to as ’transition’.” This 8-minute video provides an overview of the desirable outcomes of transition, research identifying effective transition practices, as well as the legal requirements of early childhood transition (running time: 8 min. 19 sec.)
Video 2: The family's viewpoint
Rosemary, the mother of Tamiya, a two year old girl turning three with developmental delays, shares her view on the upcoming transition of her daughter into a childcare program. (running time: 2 min. 27 sec.)
Video 3: The teacher's viewpoint
Melanie A., a teacher in a community-based childcare program shares a dilemma about the transition of Tamiya, a two year old girl turning three with developmental delays, joining her classroom. (running time: 1 min. 55 sec.)
Watch Video 1. Then identify 2-3 key issues in transition of young children from Part C (EI) to Part B(ECSE). Next, watch the following two clips, Video 2: The teacher’s viewpoint and Video 3: The family’s viewpoint. Then in your own words, describe the dilemma, i.e., the particular challenge the teacher faces in her classroom as depicted in the video clips. Finally, applying the knowledge that you have gleaned from the entire module, describe how you would go about resolving the dilemma if this child were in your class. Your response should encompass all three components of this prompt. The length of your response should not be less than 100 words.
Video 1:
Today, most families of young children use and move between different types of early childhood services -- like Head Start, private child care, public preschool, or kindergarten. Moving between and among these various programs is referred to as ’transition’.” This 8-minute video provides an overview of the desirable outcomes of transition, research identifying effective transition practices, as well as the legal requirements of early childhood transition (running time: 8 min. 19 sec.)
Video 2: The family's viewpoint
Rosemary, the mother of Tamiya, a two year old girl turning three with developmental delays, shares her view on the upcoming transition of her daughter into a childcare program. (running time: 2 min. 27 sec.)
Video 3: The teacher's viewpoint
Melanie A., a teacher in a community-based childcare program shares a dilemma about the transition of Tamiya, a two year old girl turning three with developmental delays, joining her classroom. (running time: 1 min. 55 sec.)
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